Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum

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Comedian Tom Mayhew takes you on an autobiographical journey through the benefits system.

Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew takes a wry sideways look at the prejudices people have towards benefits claimants and turns those assumptions on their heads.

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Comedian Tom Mayhew heads to the Jobcentre Plus to meet his advisor, Carol.

Comedian Tom Mayhew takes you on an autobiographical journey through the benefits system. He meets his JobCentre Plus advisor to talk about what it's really like at the job centre.

Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew takes you on an autobiographical journey through the benefits system in a stand-up series that takes a wry sideways look at the prejudices that people have towards benefits claimants and turns those assumptions on their heads. In this episode, Tom heads to the job centre to meet his advisor, Carol, and talks about what it's really like at the Jobcentre Plus. Also featuring guest comic Darren Harriott.
 
Tom Mayhew is a critically acclaimed comedian, whose material about being working class – mixing the personal and the political, with the punchline-rate of a one-liner comic – sets him apart from any other act on the circuit. Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum is based on Mayhew's acclaimed Edinburgh show I, Tom Mayhew, which transferred to a sell-out run at the Soho Theatre.
 
Produced by Benjamin Sutton
Production Co-ordinator...Carina Andrews
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